The next morning I woke up as the sunlight hit my face. I feel a little better than yesterday, sleeping was the best idea as I expected it to be. Let's meet with others then. I left my room as I reach the dining room. I'm the first one to arrive. Did I wake up early today?
<<Master wake up one hour earlier than normal>>
Really!! That's strange. Eh. Whatever I slept early yesterday that's why I woke up early. But what should I do now?
...Let's make some breakfast for everyone.
Cooking always helps to calm one's mind. That's something I heard in my last life let's test this theory today.
While making breakfast I also asked Ciel-San to report everything that I need to know.
<<The souls have been filtered and separated. Master collected a total of 20729 souls yesterday. 2547 souls have been found guilty by master's judgment>>
Hmm. So what are you going to do with them? What about Shizu-San's body.
<<Nothing I was just collecting data from them. So I can make new souls from «Creation Lord Ahura Mazda»
And because individual Shizue Izawa's soul possesses a hero egg—>>
Wait! Wait! Wait!! What. Since when, why didn't I have any idea about it? If I remember correctly Shizu was only an A-rank individual when I last saw her. How she can possess a Hero egg this soon.
<<It is certainly because of her hard work, the only thing that was holding her back was the spirit name Ifrit. Also, the second reason is she cleared her heart>>
What does that even mean
<<In short, she solved the problems that were holding her evolution>>
But even so, didn't she evolve much faster. I mean- Wait don't tell me. Is she is training inside my stomach?
<<That's right. I taught her some techniques to increase her soul power. And it looks like she also absorbed some part of [Turn Null]>>
What!! Hey, don't let Shizu-San play with that energy. You already know how powerful that energy is, even though I can not control that energy and I'm practicing controlling that energy for the last two months.
<<Don't worry master she didn't absorb the energy directly. I convert [Turn Null] into soul energy to help her practice her techniques more efficiently>>
And
<<And>>
Yes, and knowing Shizu-San I'm sure she didn't stop at just practicing some techniques to increase her soul power.
<<As expected from the master. Yes, it looks like she is practicing some sword skills. She is learning the swords skills from the master memory>>
So basically she is learning Hakurou sword techniques. Hakurou is the only one who teaches me the sword techniques after all.
<<She is making her variation of Hakurou techniques>>
Hehe. I'm not even surprised after hearing this. She is also an expert swordsman I only saw one or two moves of her when she was fighting with spider monsters though.
<<She is also using the master past life memories to make some moves>>
I nearly choked my saliva after hearing this. Look like Veldora influenced Shizu-san, I have to make sure to not let him go closer to Shizu-San in the future.
So how strong is she now
<<She is slightly inferior to individual Hinata in terms of skills. And as for power...>>
Hmm. I understand she doesn't have a physical body so it's hard to measure her strength. So how much time does it take to make a body for her?
<<I only need to analyze a Saint's body to make a new body for her. A Hero body will be better"
Saint. Isn't Hinata a Saint. Now I'm regretting not fighting her. So I have to wait for some time.
.....
After eating breakfast with the children and Veldora I said goodbye to them as I teleported into the central plaza. I need a specious place and this place is just perfect. I'm going to revive the dead soldiers here. But I need someone to guard the place so others didn't disturb me by mistake. Who should I call? Diablo and Testarossa should be perfect.
"Diablo and Testa"
"Yes my lord"
I said their name as they appeared in front of me without making any noise. They are very good at concealing their presence.
"I want you two to guard this place. Not let anyone interfere with the ritual"
"As you wish my lord"
"Rimuru is fine"
"Hai. Rimuru-Sama"
Sigh. They are just like the rest of my subordinates. Well, that doesn't matter Ciel-San started the ritual to revive the dead who are not guilty. In other words good people.
I gave my body control to Ciel-San as she started the ritual. The secret art of resurrection.
A strong barrier appeared around the central area so the magicules didn't harm anyone. To be more specific humans.
Third Person Pov
Rimuru's eyes turn crimson red as Ciel took control of Rimuru's body. She lifted her hand in the air as a powerful barrier appeared around the central area.
<<Starting the ritual: The Secret art of Resurrection...
Analyzing the souls...
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Complete.>>
<<Creating the bodies through Ultimate Skill «Ahura Mazda»...
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Successful.>>
A large amount of magicule released from Rimuru's body as the Ultimate Skill made the bodies of 18182 humans. The whole central area was filled with the large pressure created by the magicules but fortunately, the barrier didn't let the pressure exist itself.
All the high-ranking individual of the Tempest make their way towards the central area as they feel the unbelievable amount of magicules.
Veldora is the first one to react as he reached the central area and saw the Demon was blocking the way.
"What is happening here"
"Master ordered us to not let anyone interfere with the ritual"
"Ritual?"
Veldora has a confused face as he asked Diablo for more information.
"I'm not quite sure but I think Rimuru-Sama is using the ‘secret art of resurrection’ to revive the humans"
"Oh! But I can see right"
"Hmm. I think that is alright as long as Veldora-Sama didn't talk loudly"
Veldora just nodded in response to Testa's remark.
And in the blink of an eye the central area filled with the high-ranking individual of Tempest. Chloe and the other children also came due to curiosity and they can actually feel a large amount of magicule inside the barrier.
Nobody said a word as the 18182 human bodies appeared in front of their eyes from the thin air and were symmetrically placed on the ground. The magicules inside the barriers are so dense that even Testarossa's face became pale...
But there is a proud smile on her face. Not only on her face but every subordinate of Rimuru has a smile. The kids looked confused as they looked at Veldora for an explanation. But someone else surprised voice intercepts Veldora and Children.
"Is Rimuru-Sama resurrecting the dead humans?" Carrera spoke up a little surprised
"The barrier not only holds the magicules from leaking but also expending the space inside" Ultima also join her as all the people around them looked surprised, especially Myulan.
"The ‘Secret Art of Revival’ had to be woven using arcane wisdom that humankind couldn't even begin to understand. It naturally required a massive amount of magical energy, along with an unimaginable amount of force to control it. Even a high-level magic-born couldn't do that. Only demons, with their knowledge of controlling souls, could handle the job, and even then only a handful of higher-level demons"
"Heh-heh-heh-heh-heh. I'd expect nothing less from my master"
"Of course, he is our master after all"
The Demon trio said at the same time in response to Diablo.
Rimuru was performing this arcane act on more than eighteen thousand humans at the same time. Even a single target took up tons of magicules, and this was multiplying that by eighteen thousand.
"Rimuru is crazy strong he is only a level lower than big sister," Veldora thought silently to himself as his soul shuddered as he remembered the power of his big sister.
"She is the only person who can give big brother that much trouble at that time" Or so he thought.
"Humans can't think about succeeding in this ritual. It's considered hard, even for us, primordial demons to complete the ceremony but to think master is resurrecting 18182 humans at the same time"
This line made all the monsters and humans alike look at them with horror. Primordial Demons are just legendary figures for them. The embodiment of fear and terror.
Testarossa realise her mistake but it was already too late.
"If anybody leaked the information about our real identity outside the Tempest then..."
Testarossa didn't finish her sentence as she started to look at Rimuru. As the ritual continued colorless, transparent balls of beautiful light were enveloped in a thin film of flawless purple light, which can be seen above the bodies. These were the cores of the humans, along with the astral bodies that protected them. Next, following the Secret Art of Resurrection, the rebuilt human souls were returned to their bodies.
At the moment when Rimuru's focus was completely on ritual, his soul got exposed. Seeing other's very souls is natural for Demons and even more so for primordial demons. But this is the first time for them, Ciel always conceals Rimuru's soul perfectly, as a result, they can't able to see Rimuru's soul earlier. But now when Ciel is focused on the ritual they see a glimpse of Rimuru's soul.
Divine...
That's the only thought that came into their head. A pure and innocent silver-colored soul like a newborn baby.
All the people who were able to see Rimuru's soul looked shocked but there was a big smile on a certain black-haired girl.
"I sealed all of my dark emotion into my heart but even so my soul is not as pure as sensei and he called himself a Demon Lord," Chloe thought amused, and looked at other reactions. The Demons looked very pleased same goes for Veldora.
"That was expected," Chloe thought.
If Primordial Demons gave others a sense of terror then seeing Rimuru's face after the ritual filled their very soul with horror and terror. Of course, expect Rimuru's friends and subordinates.
His golden eyes looked emotionless as he gazed upon the humans who started to wake up. His eyes looked disinterested like it was nothing to him...
Totally worthless and useless.
Like it was the simplest thing in the whole world. At that time the people understand just how crazy powerful is the master of Primordial Demons.